Social- og Indenrigsudvalget 2019-20
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Homelessness Programmes
of Finland
Tuula Tiainen
Senior Specialist
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Housing First in Finland: Principles and Solutions
« Name on the door » :
a
basic human need for privacy, a place of one’s own, a home:
A
rental contract of one’s
own (not second-hand contract or
temporary social contract)
Separation of housing and services:
Individually tailored services based on an assessment of needs.
Conventional shelters and dormitory-type hostels are not anymore
adequate solutions to homelessness:
Hostels were converted into supported housing units.
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Programmes to reduce long-term homelessness
(2008–2015)
Background
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The problem of long-term homelessness
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Homeless people, who needed additional support and services
Governance arrangements
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Programmes were administered by the Ministry of the Environment.
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The implementation involved the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, the
Criminal Sanctions Agency, The Housing Finance and Development Centre of
Finland (ARA) and Slot Machine Association (RAY), ten cities (Helsinki, Espoo,
Vantaa, Tampere, Turku, Lahti, Jyväskylä, Oulu, Joensuu and Kuopio) and many
national and local NGOs.
●Ministry
of the Environment appointed the steering group and the coordination
group to monitor the progress of the programmes.
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Letters of intent between State authorities
and the ten largest Finnish cities,
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Housing First principals
and ”earmarked”
state funding,
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Local authorities and NGOs:
new housing and services
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All relevant actors in the implementation
process of the programme were brought
together and formed into an operational
network.
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Cross-governmental and cross-sectoral
collaboration and learning.
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Public funding for the programmes during
eight years (2008
–
2015) was about
213 M€.
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Main results and experiences
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Housing First has been implemented in all cities working with long-term
homelessness.
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Shelters have been renovated and replaced by supported rental housing.
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2007: about 1500 beds,
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2019: about 230 beds in shelters
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Long-term homelessness has decreased (2008–2015) by 1,345 persons
(35%).
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Finland is the only EU country in which homelessness continues to decrease.
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Long-term cross-sectoral and multilevel (national government and actors,
local governments, third sector organisations) cooperation and commitment is
essential in order to combat homelessness.
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Housing First principle improves access to housing and quality of housing for
the homeless persons.
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Action Plan for Preventing Homelessness in Finland 2016–2019
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Public funding during the years 2016-2019 was about
78 M€.
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The goal was to ensure that housing is secured
whenever the client is met in the service system.
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The target group of the programme included people who
have recently become homeless and those who have
been homeless for longer periods.
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The development of individual social services supports
the transfer to ordinary housing.
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The Evaluation of the Homelessness Programmes
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The three homelessness programmes have corresponded well to the prevailing
needs in homelessness work.
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Different housing options must be available in municipalities, both in ordinary
rental housing stock and in special housing units.
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The implementation and effectiveness of the Housing First model is hampered
notably by the lack of support services needed in ordinary housing.
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We need to provide more affordable housing for homeless.
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We need to establish the cooperation networks on the local level.
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The Cooperation Programme to Halve Homelessness
2020−2022
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the key objective is to strengthen the homelessness work of local authorities
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through the use and development of social services
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by allocating more affordable housing for people at risk of
homelessness
●Ministry
of the Environment appointed the steering group to monitor the progress of
the programme: the Ministry of the Environment, the Ministry of Social Affairs and
Health, the Ministry of finance, the Ministry of justice, the Criminal Sanctions Agency,
The Housing Finance and Development Centre of Finland (ARA), The Finnish institute
for health and welfare, Kela, Espoo, Helsinki, Hyvinkää, Jyväskylä, Järvenpää,
Kuopio, Oulu, Pori, Tampere, Turku, Vantaa and 3 national NGOs.
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Municipalities set up cooperation groups at local level.
-> Homelessness work will be established among the core activities of municipalities.